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From: Payal Rathod <payal-iptables@staticky.com>
Subject: Re: a doubt about INPUT rule
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:16:29 +0530
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To: Ralf Spenneberg <lists@spenneberg.org>
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 09:22:25AM +0200, Ralf Spenneberg wrote:
> --dport requires the definition of a protocol beforehand. It is only
> defined when the protocol is either udp or tcp. Omitting the protocol or
> using all does not work because icmp, esp, ah, etc. do not have a port.

Ok. Got it now. Thanks a lot Ralf for the excellent mails so far.

> Book: Intrusion Detection f?r Linux Server   http://www.spenneberg.com

Why is this ? in "f?r Linux Server"

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-Payal

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